Past tropical forest changes drove megafauna and hominin extinctions

ScienceDaily
Oct 7, 2020, 12:31 pm158 pts
Researchers have discovered that Southeast Asia, today renowned for its lush rainforests, was at various points in the past covered by sweeping grasslands. The expansion and reduction of these grasslands had drastic effects on local megafauna, variously supporting success and inducing extinction.

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